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    Quote Originally Posted by JustinHarrell View Post
    More than any other position, I do think 40 time matters for free safety. It's the one position that really covers long ground and I notice most top tier FS are fast in the nfl. It's more than just speed, but I wouldn't take a slow safety with a first round pick in this draft.
    You would be correct--according to a multiplier done by DRAFTMETRICS. They correlated testing in the combine drills to success in the NFL (measured by 3+ years of starting in the NFL). Here is what the found on the importance of each drill per position. We'll just evaluate the 6 common drills--40 time, short shuttle, 3 cone, vertical, broad jump, and bench press. The vertical and broad jumps end up mattering more than people think--because it measures the player's explosiveness. They didn't show the results of QBs because measurables didn't have a big correlation to success in the NFL. The results are intersting at some positions, the drills have less importance (QB, OT, 3-4 DE, LB)--while the drills matter a lot more at other positions (TE, OG, 4-3 DE, CB). Some drills are very important at a position while others matter very little. Here were the results:

    RB
    Important: 40 time++, vertical, broad jump
    Moderately important: none
    Not very important: bench, shuttle, 3 cone--

    WR
    Important: shuttle, 40 time
    Moderately important: vertical, broad jump
    Not very important: 3 cone, bench--

    TE
    Important: bench++, broad jump++, shuttle
    Moderately important: vertical
    Not very important: 3 cone, 40 time

    OC
    Important: shuttle++, vertical
    Moderately important: broad jump, 3 cone
    Not very important: bench, 40 time

    OG
    Important: vertical++, 40 time, shuttle, broad jump, 3 cone
    Moderately important: bench
    Not very important: none

    OT
    Important: 40 time
    Moderately important: vertical, shuttle, broad jump
    Not very important: bench, 3 cone

    4-3 DE
    Important: shuttle++, broad jump++, vertical++
    Moderately important: 3 cone, 40 time
    Not very important: bench

    3-4 DE
    Important: none
    Moderately important: bench, 40 time
    Not very important: broad jump, vertical, shuttle, 3 cone

    DT
    Important: none
    Moderately important: vertical, 40 time
    Not very important: bench, shuttle, broad jump, 3 cone--

    LB
    Important: shuttle
    Moderately important: 40 time
    Not very important: 3 cone, broad jump, vertical, bench--

    CB
    Important: 40 time, bench, shuttle
    Moderately important: vertical, 3 cone, broad jump
    Not very important: none

    S
    Important: 40 time, 3 cone
    Moderately important: shuttle
    Not very important: broad jump, vertical, bench--

    ++ means the drill is very important at that position.
    -- means the drill is not important at that position.

    Overall, across all positions, the drills correlated to NFL success in this order: shuttle, 40 time, vertical, broad jump, bench, 3 cone
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  2. #622
    Quote Originally Posted by Brandon494 View Post
    And since when was Bob McGinn an expert on anything?
    He's not an expert, but he usually does good digging and has records on a lot of drafts going back quite a way.

    So when he writes that those 40 times are kinda pedestrian for the safety position in the first round, I take it seriously. However, as I think someone posted before, Ed Reed's 40 time wasn't fabulous either. So I am open to other opinions.

    Bob doesn't report out all his data (see Bigger/Stronger/Tougher) so its not a lock by any means.
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    I can't take him seriously ever since he wrote that article about Seneca Wallace.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brandon494 View Post
    I can't take him seriously ever since he wrote that article about Seneca Wallace.
    You know Seneca wasn't up to snuff, as he was never named the Byron "Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year. I bet Bob didn't even know that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brandon494 View Post
    A few free safeties off the top of my head that had similar 40 times.

    Ed Reed 4.57 40
    Jairus Byrd 4.68 40
    Dashon Goldson 4.65 40
    Antrel Rolle 4.5 50
    Malcom Jenkins 4.53 40

    If 40 times matter more for FS then why would teams move slower CBs to FS? Its about instincts, taking the right angles, and tackling since they are the last line of defense.
    You had those guys' 40 times off the top of your head? Impressive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cheesehead Craig View Post
    You had those guys' 40 times off the top of your head? Impressive.
    Haha not at all, I had to look up their 40 times. Just by watching them over the years I knew they didn't have Nick Collins type speed.

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    That raises a good point. How far along is the Nick Collins cloning project coming along?

    Any progress on accelerated aging of the clone?
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    More I've heard, the less likely I believe Shazier makes it to 21. And my gut says they don't take a safety, either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pbmax View Post
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    More I've heard, the less likely I believe Shazier makes it to 21. And my gut says they don't take a safety, either.
    I was starting to feel Shazier would be gone by the time we picked which is why I found it funny some were talking about trading down then drafting him. I hope we trade down instead of reaching to filll a need but I'm really starting to think Stephon Tuitt will be our 1st round pick. TT always seems to pick someone that no one predicts.
    Last edited by Brandon494; 05-07-2014 at 04:25 PM.

  11. #631
    4.58 is plenty enough speed at safety, but speed does make a difference at the position.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HarveyWallbangers View Post
    4.58 is plenty enough speed at safety, but speed does make a difference at the position.
    Speed makes a difference at any position but to say a player can't be elite because he doesn't have elite speed isn't accurate.
    Last edited by Brandon494; 05-07-2014 at 04:40 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brandon494 View Post
    Speed makes a difference at any position but to say a player can't be elite because he doesn't have elite speed isn't accurate.
    I am less worried about speed with Prior because I presume that Burnett is in the backend and Prior plays LOS in single safety. If its Dix, then I am worried a bit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brandon494 View Post
    I'm really starting to think Stephon Tuitt will be our 1st round pick. TT always seems to pick someone that no one predicts.
    So much for Stephon Tuitt
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  15. #635
    I'm worried Kony Ealy might be the pick, provided Shazier and Mosley and the safeties are gone and TT can't trade down. Just what we need, another Tweener.

  16. #636
    Quote Originally Posted by pittstang5 View Post
    I'm worried Kony Ealy might be the pick, provided Shazier and Mosley and the safeties are gone and TT can't trade down. Just what we need, another Tweener.
    yup, no more fucking tweeners, if we draft another de/olb high in the draft, i'll explode

  17. #637
    The more I watch video on Pryor, the more I hope the Packers get him. He absolutely attacks the ball and anything attached to it. Whenever there's a catch, you can always see the #25 missile streaking at the ball. He is the physical player the Packers have been needing for awhile, much like a Donte Whitner, Dashon Goldson, or Brandon Meriweather.

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    Bob McGinn mock draft. http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packe...258398211.html

    He has TT taking Mosley. TT passes on both Clinton-Dix and Pryor.
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    I guess Bob McGinn has started smoking crack going by that mock draft.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brandon494 View Post
    I was starting to feel Shazier would be gone by the time we picked which is why I found it funny some were talking about trading down then drafting him. I hope we trade down instead of reaching to filll a need but I'm really starting to think Stephon Tuitt will be our 1st round pick. TT always seems to pick someone that no one predicts.
    If The NE Pat's get wind of that then maybe TT gets them to trade picks as I've ben seeing DT Stephon Tuitt Mocked to them.

    The Pats are also hungry for a solid TE.
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